OCCURRENCE

Invasive Species data from the Pacific R2R Rapid Coastal Assessment trial in Vanuatu

Latest version published by Vanuatu Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation on 18 November 2022 Vanuatu Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation
This invasive species data, was collected within the Matnakara water protection zone, an area protected under section 26 of the Water Resources Management Act 2002, on the year 2018. It was a collaborative work with the International Waters Ridge to Reef Project (IW R2R),to undertake these baseline data of Invasive species, for the purpose of developing a RaPCA report for Vanuatu.
Publication date:
18 November 2022
License:
CC0 1.0

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 83 records.

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Downloads

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Data as a DwC-A file download 83 records in English (5 kB) - Update frequency: unknown
Metadata as an EML file download in English (7 kB)
Metadata as an RTF file download in English (7 kB)

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Bethel M (2022): Invasive Species data from the Pacific R2R Rapid Coastal Assessment trial in Vanuatu. v1.2. Vanuatu Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation. Dataset/Occurrence. https://ipt.sprep.org/resource?r=vu_matnakara_ias&v=1.2

Rights

Researchers should respect the following rights statement:

The publisher and rights holder of this work is Vanuatu Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.

GBIF Registration

This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: f1feac6a-f186-4512-972d-3bf79c18ad70.  Vanuatu Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme.

Keywords

Occurrence; Observation

Contacts

Who created the resource:

Mimosa Bethel
Biosafety & Invasive Species Officer
Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation
C/O Department of Environment
VU

Who can answer questions about the resource:

Mimosa Bethel
Biosafety & Invasive Species Officer
Department of Environmental Protection and Conservation
C/O Department of Environment
Port Vila
Shefa Province
VU

Who filled in the metadata:

Mimosa Bethel
Biosafety & Invasive Species Officer
Department of Environmental Protection & Conservation
C/O Department of Environment
Port Vila
Shefa Province
VU

Who else was associated with the resource:

User
Mimosa Bethel
Biosafety & Invasive Species Officer
Department of Environmental Protection & Conservation
C/O Department of Environment
Port Vila
Shefa Province
VU

Geographic Coverage

The Tagabe River Catchment Area (TRCA) is currently the only source of potable water in Port Vila. The TRCA not only provides water for residents, but also businesses, agriculture, manufacturing and industries.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-17.734, 168.271], North East [-17.643, 168.376]

Project Data

No Description available

Title Enhancing Capacity in the Pacific Region__ Using Invasive Species and Biodiversity Data for Informed Decision making
Identifier BID-PA2020-003-USE

The personnel involved in the project:

Point Of Contact
Mimosa Bethel

Collection Data

Collection Name Rapid Assessment for Invasive species @ Matnakara Water Protection Zone

Additional Metadata